新高考高中英语学习——读名篇5,学英语,积累作文素材：假如再回到童年(含生词、难句、语法等知识点)

新高考高中英语学习——

读名篇5，学英语，积累作文素材2：假如再回到童年

（含生词、难句、语法等知识点拓展）

说明：这些都是精选的美文和分析（主要选自voa, bbc, cnn经典语篇）。

当然，我不仅仅是提供单纯的语篇，一般列出所有的生词、难句并配上相关拓展。

读者：高中或以上（基本上都是经典名篇，我努力选取易懂的）（孙三五编辑）

今天的经典美文是富兰克林写的，估计读者对这篇非常熟悉了，不妨拿出来再把玩一遍。

一首《时间都去哪儿了》不知触动了多少听者的心，更是引发了以此歌名为话题的全民讨论，从父母的关爱到现实的忙碌，无不令人为之动容。人们都想顺着时间的藤蔓，去追寻那飞逝的流年。如果你有机会可以重新回到小时候，你会想要做些什么？

正文

If I Were a Boy Again假如我又回到了童年

Benjamin Franklin本杰明·富兰克林

If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was hard or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. “There are only two creatures,” says a proverb, “who can surmount the pyramids—the eagle and the snail.”

If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once.

If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory. I would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion. It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.

If I were a boy again, I would cultivate courage. “Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice ,” says a wise author. Dangers will arise in any career, but presence of mind will often conquer the worst of them. Be prepared for any fate, and there is no harm to be feared.

If I were a boy again, I would look on the cheerful side. Life is very much like a mirror: if you smile upon it, it smiles back upon you; but if you frown and look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return. Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that come in contact with it. “Who shuts love out, in turn shall be shut out from love.”

If I were a boy again, I would demand of myself more courtesy towards my companions and friends, and indeed towards strangers as well. The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more endurable.

Finally, instead of trying hard to be happy, as if that were the sole purpose of life, I would, if I were a boy again, I would still try harder to make others happy.

假如我又回到了童年，我要更加注重培养自己的毅力，决不因为事情艰难或者麻烦而撒手不干。如果我们想要光明，就必须征服黑暗。有时候毅力能取得的成就与天分所能取得的并无二致。俗话说：“能登上金字塔的生物只有两种——雄鹰和蜗牛。”

假如我又回到了童年，我要让自己养成专心致志的习惯；如果我正在做一件事情，就决不会让任何东西干扰我。我会牢记：优秀的滑冰手从不试图同时滑向两个不同的方向。

假如我的生活能重新来过，我要更加注重培养记忆力。我要采取一切可能的办法，并且在一切可能的场合，增强记忆力。要正确无误地记住一些东西，在开始阶段的确要做出一番小小的努力，但要不了多久，记忆力本身就会起作用，使记忆成为轻而易举的事。只需及早培养，记忆就会成为一种才能。

假如我又回到了童年，我要培养勇气。一位明智的作家曾说过：“世上没有什么东西比勇气更温文尔雅，也没有什么东西比怯懦更残酷无情。”凡事都有危险，但镇定、沉着往往能克服最严重的危险。对一切祸福做好准备，那么就没有什么灾难可以害怕的了。

假如我又回到了童年，我要事事乐观。生活恰似一面镜子：你朝它笑，它也朝你笑；但是如果你双眉紧锁，向它投以怀疑的目光，它也将还你以同样的目光。一个人内心的阳光不仅温暖了自己的心，也温暖了所有与之接触者的心。“谁拒爱于门外，也必将被爱拒之门外。”

假如我又回到了童年，我会要求自己对身边的人和朋友更加礼貌，而且对陌生人也应如此。在坎坷的生活道路上，最细小的礼节犹如在整个漫长的冬天为我们歌唱的小鸟，那歌声使冰天雪地的寒冬变得不那么难熬。

最后，假如我又回到了童年，我不会极尽所能地为自己谋幸福，就好像这是人生唯一的目的；与之相反，我要更努力为他人谋幸福。

生词

perseverance [?p??s??v??r?ns]n.坚持不懈，不屈不挠

拓persistent [p??s?st?nt]a.坚持的；固执的

conquer [?k??k?(r)]v.征服；战胜

拓overcome [???v??k?m]v.克服

surmount [s??ma?nt]v.处于或置于……的顶端；战胜

拓defeat [d??fi?t]v.击败

cultivation [?k?lt??ve??n]n.培养

拓breed [bri?d]v.养育；教育

cowardice [?ka??d?s]n.怯懦

拓timid [?t?m?d]a.胆小的

courtesy [?k??t?si]n.礼貌；恩惠

拓manner [?m?n?(r)]n.习惯；方式

sole [s??l]a.唯一的

拓unique [ju?ni?k]a.独一无二的

短语

1 come between 妨碍；影响……之间的关系

[例]He loves her so much that he will never let anything come between them.他很爱她，所以他不会让任何事情影响他们之间的关系。

2 prepare for 为……做准备

[例]Expect the best. Prepare for the worst.抱最大的希望，做最坏的打算。